by Addi Gilreath, Biology I can think back to the exact moment of the night before my first lab; the nerves were unsettling. Being a first-year biology GLA (Graduate Learning Assistant), I felt rather out of water. Many of my colleagues were pursuing advanced degree plans in STEM fields such as chemistry and biology, while…
by Valerio Palamara, Mathematics Math is hard! Most students have shared this point of view at some point in their education, and it’s important to examine the causes of this problematic approach and understand what these can entail for us prospective instructors in this field. The amount of difficulty we experience with this subject primarily…
by Riley Thoen, Plant Biology Of all the skills I have refined in graduate school, writing is, without question, the one that has given me the most trouble. Approximately two years ago, I wrote an E-interview as a member of the editorial board for The Classic Journal. In this interview, I mention I am working…
by Annaliesse Reyes, College of Public Health Throughout the Fall 2023 semester, I have been a graduate lab assistant for an introductory biology lab course for non-STEM majors. There were a lot of firsts for me in this semester: first semester in my graduate school program, first semester as a graduate assistant, first experience with…